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There has to be a way to eliminate this insane redundancy, I can't be the only person that struggles with this. Why does it always randomly default to AND COPY whenever I try and use the MOVE function. If I wanted to COPY I would click COPY, I promise.

Look at the Preferences > Menus > AndCopy Toggles setting.

It shouldn't 'randomly' change. By default AndCopy should be off when Move is selected.

If that's not the case please give more detail on what's happening.

That's kinda what I want, but it's also funny because it's already defaulted on REMEMBER ON/OFF but it already switches on its own any time it wants regardless, I'm constantly turning it off again and again. Plus you have to chase every AND COPY turned on inside every sub menu for all the commands DATACAD thinks should be 2 instead of 1. Shouldn't it work that you should TURN ON any AND COPY if you want it as an option? The Datacad default is just pure redundancy, and assumes every user wants to do 2 commands. This is especially annoying to anyone that has come from any other CAD package ever created.

Right beside the Preferences AndCopy Toggles is Multi Toggles setting.

I have both of those 'checked'.

You might want to experiment with those settings and find what works for you.

I've never seen any of these settings randomly change.

What is the code for your CTRL+Z?

Ok I see where I'm wrong with the Multi Toggles setting that is totally unrelated to the AndCopy, sorry about that. (I've stopped for lunch so I can FOCUS )

I would suggest that you uncheck AndCopy Toggles and the next time you use Move, Rotate, etc., make sure that And Copy is off and it will stay off.

Let me know if it does not stay off and I'll be happy to help you get it sorted out.

Might also look in the Dcadwin.ini file, there is a setting in there
AndCopyRemembersStatus=TRUE

; If FALSE, And Copy option will always be toggled off when an edit menu is opened.

Good reference to that file is at:
https://www.datacad.com/ddn/dcadwin.ini.html
shows all the current options.

Early on with DCAD there was much discussion about this, so in ver 3.5a
7. AndCopy added to Move, Rotate, Mirror, and Enlarge.

I was suggesting to check the .ini file since he was getting random reoccurances.

Also, if he is hitting a strange key combination that mimics Alt-0204, that would also cause ANDCOPY to turn on. Alt-0205 would turn them off.

Should make sure in the default file, that andcopy is turned off.

Other item to check the alias file if he uses the command alias any to see it 0204 is in a command.